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Sociology

Curriculum Mapping

Sociology

Fall 2010 - 2011

Number of Goals and Objectives

Program Objectives

Courses in which aspects of these objectives are met

Course Numbers

1

Understanding of the Nature of Sociology and Other Social Sciences: Students will gain an understanding of the origin of sociology as a science, the
socio-historical context of the rise of modernity and modern social sciences including
sociology

Introduction to SociologySociological TheorySeminar in SociologyAmerican History to 1865

SOC 201SOC 385SOC 488HIST 255

2

Understanding of the Nature of Sociological Research: Students will develop skills to draw sociological hypotheses on the basis of GSS
data, understand theory-hypotheses connections; develop social measurement and indicators;
and conduct empirical sociological research

Methods of Social ResearchSocial StatisticsSocial Theory

SOC 297SOC 245SOC 385

3

Enhancement of the skills for social mapping and the core functions of a Society (AGIL):Students will learn to describe a society in terms of its social structure and the
nature and the functions of the complex of its key institutions such as family,
economy, politics, health, education, and religion

Introduction to SociologySociological TheoryFamilyPopulationPrinciples of Economics

SOC 201SOC 385SOC 401SOC 481ECON 201

4

Understanding of a society in terms of its culture and the competing social processes:Student will learn to understand and examine the centrality of the notion of culture,
the modes of cultural analysis, the issues of cultural diversity, and change and transformation
in varying social processes such as urbanization, industrialization, suburbanization,
the rise of the information economy, and globalization.

Introduction to SociologySocial TheoryPopulationUrban SociologySocial PsychologyAmerican History Since 1865

SOC 201SOC 385SOC 481SOC 306SOC 360HIST 256

5

Understanding of a society in terms of its competing groups and classes: Student will learn about the rise, formation, and the nature of different social
groups such as different races, ethnicities, religious groups, classes, and other
socially vulnerable groups; students will examine how these competing groups shape
the processes of social change and the dynamics of social and political policy-making;
students will understand the issues of domination, subordination, exploitation, and
social conflicts of varying types.

Social StratificationSociology of the African-AmericanRace and Ethnic RelationsIntroduction to Sociology

SOC 412SOC 305SOC 302SOC 201

6

Understanding of social problems, crimes, and deviance: students will gain an understanding of how social problems including crime and deviance
are defined, who define them and with what consequences; how social problems are constructed
and crime control strategies, punishment, and justice are perceived and pursued.

Social ProblemJuvenile DelinquencySocial PsychologySocial Theory

SOC 202CJ 491SOC 360SOC 385

7

Understanding of how sociological methods and perspectives can be applied in empirical
analysis of social facts and events: Student will learn to use sociologically grounded theories, concepts and hypotheses
in examining social problems of different kinds; and theory-practice and theory-policy
connections.

Senior SeminarSocial TheoryMethods of Social ResearchSocial StatisticsUrban SociologySocial PsychologyRace and Ethnic RelationsSociology of the African-American